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Tuesday, 7 October 2014

Syreregn - Skabt Værk Består (Album Review)

Album
Type: Full Length

Date
Released: 01/10/2014

Label: Bilocation / Kozmik-Artifactz

‘Skabt Værk
Består’ LP track listing:

A1). Skabt Vaerk Bestaar (7:20)

A2). Hypnokongen (5:19)

A3). Going under (6:48)

B1). Marana tha (12:28)

B2). Psychedelic baby (5:42)

B3). Skabt Vaerk Bestaar Reprise (2:36)

Bio:

Syreregn is a psychedelic blues rock band from Denmark, existing since
2006. The band went through several line-up changes and delivered some great
outputs in the past. With Skabt Vaerk Bestaar they offer a new musical
experience, presenting heavy psychedelic masterpieces with huge influences of
heroes from the late 60ies like Cream, Pink Floyd or Hendrix Experience.

Skabt Vaerk Bestaar is their heaviest output so far and should find its place
in every serious psychedelic-rock collection! Hopefully they will tour through europe soon and deliver their goods live!

Review:

Skabt
Værk Består (which apparently means Created Work Consists in Danish, blame
online translators if wrong) is the new album from Danish psychedelic blues
band Syreregn (which apparent is Danish for Acid Rain, again blame the
translator).

Regardless
of names and my poor ability to speak or translate Danish correctly, Skabt Værk Består is if nothing a fine blues
album. The riffs, tempos and melodies all call back to the time of acid, Eric
Clapton and of course, the Hammond organ which makes its presence well and
truly felt on this release within in the first three minutes or so. The guitar is tuned almost precisely to the
tone of that of Cream and couldn’t be more welcome alongside the randomly
placed but lovely “You Maniacs!!!!” clips from the original Planet of the Apes.

This
is certainly an album that isn’t afraid to experiment, with a sitar and eastern
flavour to the albums fourth track “Marana Tha”. Whilst the second track “Hypnokongen” is a tribute again to
Cream, with the vocalist wailing out his best Jack Bruce vocals, in Danish
though of course.

The
album slips directly into the world of the psychedelic with lots of electronic
bleeps and strange noises that whilst being rather trippy could easily be found
at home on an early Pink Floyd album like “The Piper at the Gates of
Dawn”. This is topped with the
obligatory bit of 60s/70s indulgence, with more than one time there being an
unneeded bass solo and a little bit of Hendrix guitar pyrotechnics on the odd
occasion.

For
all its momentarily indulgences and detours, Skabt Værk Består is certainly a fine inclusion to any blues rock or even
fan of the 60s rock scene. Despite knowing absolutely nothing about Syreregn on
the way into this review I think I’ll check out their back catalogue. I’ve been reliably informed that this album
is a bit heavier than the bands standard output and if that’s the case, that
maybe needs to be taken into account for established fans of the band who
approach this album.

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